Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Report; Week Ending August 4
LINCOLN COUNTY – Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted 45 traffic stops last week. There were 13 security checks. Deputies responded to six calls involving cars hitting deer, one of those resulting in minor injuries to both the driver and the passenger. There was also one report of a car hitting a bear. Deputies followed up on 13 calls for unsafe driving.
The sheriff’s office also took a call of a possible funnel cloud north of Walmart, near US HWY 51. Squads from the Sheriff’s Office and the Merrill Police Department were in the area at the time but reported not seeing anything. Pictures from members of the community were shared with news media on Facebook that did show what appeared to be a funnel cloud in the reported area. No damage was reported.
